Examinando por Autor "Hussein Yusufali, Afzal"

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    Joint association of urinary sodium and potassium excretion with cardiovascular events and mortality : Prospective cohort study
    (BMJ (Online), 2019, 2019-03-13) O’Donnell, Martin J.; Mente, Andrew; Rangarajan, Sumathy; McQueen, Matthew J.; O’Leary, Neil; Yin, Lu; Liu, Xiaoyun; Swaminathan, Sumathi; Khatib, Rasha; Rosengren, Annika; Ferguson, John; Smyth, Andrew; Lopez-Jaramillo, Patricio; Diaz, Rafael; Avezum, Alvaro; Lanas, Fernando; Ismail, Noorhassim; Yusoff, Khalid; Dans, Antonio; Iqbal, Romaina; Szuba, Andrzej; Mohammadifard, Noushin; Oguz, Atyekin; Hussein Yusufali, Afzal; AlHabib, Khalid F.; Kruger, Iolanthe Marike; Yusuf, Rita; Chifamba, Jephat; Yeates, Karen; Dagenais, Gilles; Wielgosz, Andreas; Lear, Scott A.; Teo, Koon; Yusuf, Salim
    Objective To evaluate the joint association of sodium and potassium urinary excretion (as surrogate measures of intake) with cardiovascular events and mortality, in the context of current World Health Organization recommendations for daily intake (<2.0 g sodium, >3.5 g potassium) in adults. Design International prospective cohort study. Setting 18 high, middle, and low income countries, sampled from urban and rural communities. Participants 103 570 people who provided morning fasting urine samples. Main outcome measures Association of estimated 24 hour urinary sodium and potassium excretion (surrogates for intake) with all cause mortality and major cardiovascular events, using multivariable Cox regression. A six category variable for joint sodium and potassium was generated: sodium excretion (low (<3 g/day), moderate (3-5 g/day), and high (>5 g/day) sodium intakes) by potassium excretion (greater/equal or less than median 2.1 g/day). Results Mean estimated sodium and potassium urinary excretion were 4.93 g/day and 2.12 g/day, respectively. After a median follow-up of 8.2 years, 7884 (6.1%) participants had died or experienced a major cardiovascular event. Increasing urinary sodium excretion was positively associated with increasing potassium excretion (unadjusted r=0.34), and only 0.002% had a concomitant urinary excretion of <2.0 g/day of sodium and >3.5 g/day of potassium. A J-shaped association was observed of sodium excretion and inverse association of potassium excretion with death and cardiovascular events. For joint sodium and potassium excretion categories, the lowest risk of death and cardiovascular events occurred in the group with moderate sodium excretion (3-5 g/day) and higher potassium excretion (21.9% of cohort). Compared with this reference group, the combinations of low potassium with low sodium excretion (hazard ratio 1.23, 1.11 to 1.37; 7.4% of cohort) and low potassium with high sodium excretion (1.21, 1.11 to 1.32; 13.8% of cohort) were associated with the highest risk, followed by low sodium excretion (1.19, 1.02 to 1.38; 3.3% of cohort) and high sodium excretion (1.10, 1.02 to 1.18; 29.6% of cohort) among those with potassium excretion greater than the median. Higher potassium excretion attenuated the increased cardiovascular risk associated with high sodium excretion (P for interaction=0.007). Conclusions These findings suggest that the simultaneous target of low sodium intake (<2 g/day) with high potassium intake (>3.5 g/day) is extremely uncommon. Combined moderate sodium intake (3-5 g/day) with high potassium intake is associated with the lowest risk of mortality and cardiovascular events.
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    Practice patterns and outcomes after stroke across countries at different economic levels (INTERSTROKE): An international observational study
    (2018-05) Langhorne, Peter; O'Donnell, Martin J.; Lim Chin, Siu; Zhang, Hongye; Xavier, Denis; Avezum, Alvaro; Mathur, Nandini; Turner, Melanie; MacLeod, Mary Joan; Lopez-Jaramillo, Patricio; Damasceno, Albertino; Hankey, Graeme J.; Dans, Antonio; ElSayed, Ahmed; Mondo, Charles; Wasay, Mohammad; Czlonkowska, Anna; Weimar, Christian; Hussein Yusufali, Afzal; AlHussain, Fawaz; Lisheng, Liu; Diener, Hans Christoph; Ryglewicz, Danuta; Pogosova, Nana; Iqbal, Romaina; Diaz, Rafael; Yusoff, Khalid; Oguz, Aytekin; Wang, Xingyu; Penaherrera, Ernesto; Lanas, Fernando; Ogah, Okechukwu S.; Ogunniyi, Adesola; Iversen, Helle K.; Malaga, German; Rumboldt, Zvonko; Magazi, Daliwonga; Nilanont, Yongchai; Rosengren, Annika; Oveisgharan, Shahram; Yusuf, Salim; On behalf of the INTERSTROKE collaborators
    Background: Stroke disproportionately affects people in low-income and middle-income countries. Although improvements in stroke care and outcomes have been reported in high-income countries, little is known about practice and outcomes in low and middle-income countries. We aimed to compare patterns of care available and their association with patient outcomes across countries at different economic levels. Methods: We studied the patterns and effect of practice variations (ie, treatments used and access to services) among participants in the INTERSTROKE study, an international observational study that enrolled 13 447 stroke patients from 142 clinical sites in 32 countries between Jan 11, 2007, and Aug 8, 2015. We supplemented patient data with a questionnaire about health-care and stroke service facilities at all participating hospitals. Using univariate and multivariate regression analyses to account for patient casemix and service clustering, we estimated the association between services available, treatments given, and patient outcomes (death or dependency) at 1 month. Findings: We obtained full information for 12 342 (92%) of 13 447 INTERSTROKE patients, from 108 hospitals in 28 countries; 2576 from 38 hospitals in ten high-income countries and 9766 from 70 hospitals in 18 low and middle-income countries. Patients in low-income and middle-income countries more often had severe strokes, intracerebral haemorrhage, poorer access to services, and used fewer investigations and treatments (p<0·0001) than those in high-income countries, although only differences in patient characteristics explained the poorer clinical outcomes in low and middle-income countries. However across all countries, irrespective of economic level, access to a stroke unit was associated with improved use of investigations and treatments, access to other rehabilitation services, and improved survival without severe dependency (odds ratio [OR] 1·29; 95% CI 1·14–1·44; all p<0·0001), which was independent of patient casemix characteristics and other measures of care. Use of acute antiplatelet treatment was associated with improved survival (1·39; 1·12–1·72) irrespective of other patient and service characteristics. Interpretation: Evidence-based treatments, diagnostics, and stroke units were less commonly available or used in low and middle-income countries. Access to stroke units and appropriate use of antiplatelet treatment were associated with improved recovery. Improved care and facilities in low-income and middle-income countries are essential to improve outcomes. Funding: Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland.